Barbara Vanier

Barbara Vanier Poems

See me dance, dance for you
Move my arms, my leg
You give me everything
Nothing from you I beg
...

Riding through the morning
Risen sun in my eyes
Orange placards warning me
Of ahead what does lie
...

I'm telling you please thanks for all that's given
I'm saying please could you spare a little more
And I'm trying hard to live like you expect me
But I lay crying down on the killing floor
...

I hurt someone last night
I didn't use a stick
I didn't use a club
I didn't use a knife
...

Black holes draw into themselves
matter of time and then they are gone
screaming in fear the light tries to escape
into the Nothing
...

You spoke those word I always feared
Your silence has left me broken here
What did I do what did I say
To make you silently walk away
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Where did she go that slave of mine
She travels so far away
Hour after hour she goes
Chasing the sunset away
...

Ashes falling on the ground
Winds that blow a hollow sound
Once standing taller still
Now falling by your will
...

My Heart how I miss you.
I long to see your face to hear your voice.
To long have I sat in silence my heart calling out to you.
Where are you my love?
...

Did you see
Did you hear
Are you blind
Are you deaf
...

Mother came over today
She didn't know how I felt
She didn't know about last night
She said I looked like hell
...

I am blessed by the winter sun
It's kiss warm and soothing
It caresses me in it's bosom
And holds me close
...

My smile never ending
It radiates from my being like rays of the sun
There is a reason for this
It is my beloved
...

I walk through the snow of the mountain
Yet I do not know cold
A place where the air is thin
Yet I do not need to breath
...

Why is it so painful
Why does it hurt so much
Why does it feel this way
When one loves so much
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I decided to open up my heart today
After years of keeping myself closed
People have told me about my wall
It has just taken time is all
...

It once might have been
That we were two roses bending in the wind
Each with it's own fragrance sweet
Living on the sun but not aloud to speak
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Sometimes I walk through the candy store
My head bowed down but eyes up and I gaze
Do they notice that I need to feed
Do they wonder what pleases me
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I am sitting here with this sound in my head
Shivers shakes my body as I long to hear more
I am glad no one can hear it
But Am I
...

Barbara Vanier Biography

I would appreciate, if you have the time, to leave me your interpretations of what you read here. I enjoy the many aspects of thought that others have upon reading my poems. I was a young farm child. I moved to a fishing village when I was abut 10 and mother remarried. Somewhere around 12 I guess I was molested by my brother. It took years to realize it wasn't my fault and that what happened was wrong. In those years I found many self destructive habits. A constant through it all however was my desire to write my thoughts and feelings in poems or songs. At 46 I still do this today although the addictions are no longer present. Being able to put my thoughts and feelngs to pen has always made me feel better and sometimes allowed for a bit of healing as well. Three failed marriages and four children later I will continue to write. It may take time but I will try my best to share with you who and what I am.)

The Best Poem Of Barbara Vanier

Marionette

See me dance, dance for you
Move my arms, my leg
You give me everything
Nothing from you I beg
My mouth opens and I sing
The words no one can hear
I take a bow as the crowd
Stands and starts to cheer

See me move, move for you
Contort and turn about
Never a moment’s haziness
No words even grow to shout
For your amusement I play for you
Dancing on my strings
‘Till when done you throw me down
Like one of your many things

Marionette I love you
You show me life complete
Marionette you and me
Die to be free
Marionette I love you
You show me life complete
Marionette you and me
Die to be free

You’ve cut my strings see me fall
The crowd laughs at me this time
I thought that you loved me to
I felt your hand in mine
Now I see another dance for you
Upon your stage tonight
Another one to control
And pretend everything’s all right

Marionette I love you
You show me life complete
Marionette you and me
Die to be free
Marionette I love you
You show me life complete
Marionette you and me
Die to be free

Barbara Vanier Comments

Jerry Hughes 11 November 2008

You had a rough start Barbara, but you've ridden the storms well - it shows in your writing. Well done. Sincerely, Jerry

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